Use of contraband cigarettes among adolescent daily smokers in Canada

Current tobacco-control strategies seek to inhibit and reduce smoking among adolescents. However, such strategies are probably undermined by the contraband tobacco market. Using data from Canada's 2006/2007 Youth Smoking Survey, we found that 13.1% of respondents who were daily smokers reported...

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Published in:Canadian Medical Association journal 2009-09, Vol.181 (6-7), p.384-386
Main Authors: Callaghan, Russell C, Veldhuizen, Scott, Leatherdale, Scott, Murnaghan, Donna, Manske, Steve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Canada - epidemiology
Cigarettes
Commerce
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Purchasing
Risk factors
Smokers
Smoking - economics
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking and youth
Surveys
Taxes
Tobacco Products
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Summary:Current tobacco-control strategies seek to inhibit and reduce smoking among adolescents. However, such strategies are probably undermined by the contraband tobacco market. Using data from Canada's 2006/2007 Youth Smoking Survey, we found that 13.1% of respondents who were daily smokers reported that contraband cigarettes were their usual brand. They consumed significantly more cigarettes than respondents who smoked other brands. Contraband cigarettes accounted for about 17.5% of all cigarettes smoked by adolescent daily smokers in Canada overall, and for more than 25% in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
ISSN:0008-4409
0820-3946
1488-2329
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.090665